When I was about 3 we lived on a small farm with a pond. I heard this bullfrog at night and didn't know what it was, so I asked my mother. She offhandedly said "It's a bullfrog - that's a great big boy frog that lives in the pond. He's calling out because it's warm."
Although she meant "great big" in comparison to the other (female) frogs I thought she meant in comparison to HERSELF. Therefore I imagined this 7 or 8 foot frog in that bitty pond and wondered why I hadn't seen him, but was too afraid to go look.
A few years later I saw a bullfrog and realized what she meant.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- for years i was afraid to throw up because i thought it meant i was possessed like in the exorcist.Anon
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy
- My aunt always used to tell me that if I swallowed gum, I'd turn into a frog!— Deana, Las Vegas, NV.
- I used to believe that if you kiss a frog then the would would really turn into a king.— jing